Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 4th February 2020
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this seas 150cm
Posted on Tuesday 4th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yes, it was pretty mild yesterday and I had spots of rain falling when I was out for a bit of a walk last night.
But I am pleased to have more fresh snow on the ground to report this morning.My car was parked close to Ishiuchi overnight and I just measured 7cm of snow on the top, and there was 5cm at our measuring spot here in Yuzawa (so that is what is recorded as 'the number').
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall and Kagura are reporting 5cm.
So we can generally expect 5+cm on the slopes this morning.
It is still snowing now but we are told to expect it to ease off later in the day and be clearer by this evening.
The really great news is that snowfall should be back from tomorrow morning, through the day and Thursday too - and there looks like a good chance we'll get a decent amount of it too.
I am continuing to be cautiously - and increasingly - excited at the way the weekly forecast is looking more like how we expect it to look in early February.
Bring on that snow!
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GALA Yuzawa
- All of the Central Area and Northern Area courses are open
- The Eliza and Batman courses in the Southern Area are open
- The Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is operating
- Take the Gondola back down at the end of the day (Falcon downhill course not yet available)
- Official snow depth: 150cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Access via all base Entrance areas available
- 19 courses open
- Official snow depth: 110cm (upper); 80cm (mid)
Iwappara
- 5 lifts are operating with the central to upper area of the resort open
- Official snow depth: 50cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 9 lifts operating
- 8 courses open (front of hotel and mostly the Panorama and Atema areas)
- Official snow depth: 80cm
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are normally open
- 21 of 23 courses open
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 160cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- A, B, C and E lifts plan to be operating
- Official snow depth: 120cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- The Gondola, Nagamine Number 2 quad and two top Okusoechi lifts are operating with 12 courses open on that gondola side.
- Take the Gondola back down to base.
- The Maiko Area is open with 1 lift operating and 3 courses open.
- Official snow depth: 100cm (upper); 15cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Ropeway and Number 1 and 3 lifts operating
- 12 of 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 150cm
Naeba
- 21 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 80cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All lifts are operating and all main courses are open
- Kids Garden open
- Mogul and Slopestyle areas not open
- Official snow depth: 70cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- All Kogen lifts now operating and Kogen Snowland is open
- The base Family lift is planned to be operating; the base Nunoba area is not open
- The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is operating
- Official snow depth: 80cm (Kogen); 20cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 45cm
Yuzawa Park
- Number 1, 3 and 7 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 35cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 4th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 150cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (5th and 21st January) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 23cm reported on 3 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.